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From: jeffs@bcs800.UUCP (Jeff Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Retrieve keyboard commands like VM/CMS
Message-ID: <1103@bcs800.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 90 18:23:10 GMT
References: <1990Nov1.121612.724@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
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Organization: Brock Control Systems, Atlanta, Georgia
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In <1990Nov1.121612.724@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> joc@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:

>Is there a way to retrieve previously typed commands in UNIX similar
>to the way IBM's VM/CMS does it, ie, hit the retrieve key and the
>previous command appears and may now be edited on the command line?

Try using the K Shell (ksh), it supports command line editing using
the vi editing commands, maybe even other editors like emacs.

Both Bourne and C-shell do not support command line editing that I know
of.

jeffs
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